Xiqi language

Xiqi
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Nisoish Northern Loloish? (unclassified) Xiqi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Xiqi (Chinese: 西期; autonym: ɕi33 tɕhi33 pho21)^[1] is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China. It is also called Siqipo 斯期颇 (sɿ55 tɕhi55 pho21) in Mile County.^[2]

Classification

Pelkey (2011:431)^[3] suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) suggests a Northern Loloish affiliation.^[4]

Distribution

The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Xiqi.

• Tonghongdian Township 通红甸乡: Suomeizao 所梅早村,^[5] Dapozuo 大婆左村^[6]
• Panxi Township 盘溪乡: Yide 矣得村,^[7] Fagao 法高村,^[8] Dayaxi 大丫喜村, Longtanying 龙潭营村^[9]
• Chengjiao Township 城郊乡: Dengloushan 登楼山,^[10] Puchazhai 普茶寨^[11]
• Huaxi Township 华溪乡: Xishajing 西沙井村, Dujia 独家村^[12]
• Qinglong Township 青龙镇: Shanqi 山歧村,^[13] Qize 起则村

Vocabulary

The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)^[14] provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.

English gloss	Chinese gloss	Adu (阿笃语)	Ati (阿梯语)	Xiqi (西期语)	Nong (弄语)	Azhe (阿哲语)
village	寨子	且(qie)	且(qie)	卡(ka)	卡(ka)	卡(ka)
water	水	叶(ye)	叶(ye)	矣咋(yi zha)	翁咋(weng zha)	叶(ye)
girl	小姑娘	燃米诺(ran mi nuo)	尼格莫(ni ge mo)	阿门儿若(a men er ruo)	阿门儿少若(a men er shao ruo)	若麻儿西若(ruo ma er xi ruo)
boy	小伙子	茶塞(cha sai)	差血若(cha(i) xue ruo)	阿杂若(a za ruo)	撮沙若(cuo sha ruo)	若那儿(ruo na er)
corn	包谷	矣白儿(yi bai er)	苏柏儿(su bai er)	阻目(zu mu)	苏木白儿(su mu bai er)	火魔(huo mo)
have	有	杂杂(za za)	杂杂(za za)	白儿(bai er)	杂(za)	祖阿(杂)(zu a (za))
not	无	麻(ma)	麻(ma)	麻(ma)	麻(ma)	阿米(a mi)

References

1. Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30
2. Long Luogui 龙倮贵. 2007. Honghe yizu zuyuan zucheng ji qi renkou fenbu 红河彝族族源族称及其人口分布 Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
3. Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology As Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
4. Hsiu, Andrew (2018). "Nisoish". Sino-Tibetan Branches Project. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
5. "华宁县通红甸乡所梅早村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
6. "华宁县通红甸乡大婆左村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
7. "华宁县盘溪镇矣得村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
8. "华宁县盘溪镇法高村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
9. "华宁县盘溪镇龙潭营村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
10. "华宁县宁州镇普茶寨村民委员会登楼山村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
11. "华宁县宁州镇普茶寨村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
12. "华宁县华溪镇独家村村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
13. "华宁县青龙镇山岐村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
14. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社.